I agree. It is pathetic. The only exception I would make is if it was done out of fear for their safety or reputation. Like if you ended they friendship then they would make your life absolutely miserable like accusing you of serious, possibly illegal things that you never did or even hurt you physically. I actually knew someone that did that stuff if someone ended the friendship with them. That is more common in relationships though and even in that case, I would still wonder why the person isn’t taking action if they were in a friendship like that and weren’t trying to get outside help. Other than that, there i no exchuse to fake a friendship. Even a pity friendship is horrible in my opinion. I wouldn’t befriend someone I want nothing to do with.